murali

noun

"murali" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“murali” is uncommon English (frequency #60,298 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,298
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The matrimony vine (Lycium barbarum).

Key facts for murali
PropertyValue
Headwordmurali
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,298
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “murali” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). murali lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

murali is uncommon English at frequency #60,298 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The matrimony vine (Lycium barbarum).".

murali doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Likely borrowed from Tamil முளரி (muḷari, “bramble”). The correct English form is murali, spelled M-U-R-A-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    The matrimony vine (Lycium barbarum).

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Tamil முளரி (muḷari, “bramble”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "murali"?
"murali" is spelled M-U-R-A-L-I.
What does "murali" mean?
As a noun, "murali" means: The matrimony vine (Lycium barbarum).
What is the origin of the word "murali"?
Likely borrowed from Tamil முளரி (muḷari, “bramble”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “murali”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-U-R-A-L-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list